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The year 1965 was an important one for civil rights. One of the biggest events happened in Selma, Alabama. It was in March, 50 years ago, that peaceful marchers were attacked by Alabama state troopers at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It became known as Bloody Sunday and later led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act.